Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah warned yesterday that his Iranian-backed Shia militia would make lives of Israelis "a living hell" if it is attacked.

Nasrallah said that there are targets in occupied Palestine which could be targeted by a small number of missiles.

Nasrallah warned of "tens of thousands of deaths, and not just 300 to 500 dead," adding that Hezbollah, which is also backed by Syria, had fixed its targets.

Last month, an Israeli general warned that Hezbollah would pay dearly if it fired rockets at the Jewish state.